[Postpneumonectomy syndrome in adults: description and therapeutic propositions apropos of 8 cases].

Background: Adult post-pneumonectomy syndrome can be defined as an extrinsic compression of the main bronchus or a lobe bronchus on the aorta resulting from excessive mediastinal deviation after pneumonectomy.

Patients: Eight cases in adults are reported. The delay to symptom onset was a mean 34 months.